Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

ChatGPT can boost productivity for teachers and students by aiding research, writing, brainstorming, and reducing administrative tasks. #TeacherProductivity #StudentSuccess

Educators must explore how to integrate ChatGPT effectively, considering its potential benefits and disruptions, rather than banning it. #FutureofEducation

Teachers can easily incorporate prequestions! Present them on whiteboards, in presentations, or through online quizzes before a lesson.

Students who received prequestions were more likely to include prequestioned information in their notes. This further supports the attention-focusing aspect of prequestions.

Why attempting to answer matters: Actively attempting to answer, even through guessing, seems to activate prior knowledge and create a framework for new info. Merely reading prequestions may not be enough.

Requestioning: Asking students questions before they encounter learning material enhances their learning and retention of that material. #Education #CognitiveScience

Early AI programs like Joseph Weizenbaum's ELIZA showed computers could process natural language in a way that felt human-like. An interesting step in AI development! #AIEarlyDays #NaturalLanguageProcessing

Planning involves teachers and technology specialists collaborating to prepare tech-integrated lessons for specific goals and students. It's initiated & led by teachers.

Design is iterative PD where teachers revise tech-based lessons after implementation based on student experience and technology performance. Student feedback is key.

Training is PD focused only on operating hardware/software, led by tech experts, with minimal student focus. It's about learning specific, definable tasks

Teachers alone have the expertise to decide if technology tools are appropriate for their classrooms and curriculum goals.

A blog post on IT networks for educational leaders, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/06/27/edtech-for-edleaders-local-area-networks/

Remember card catalogs? They became digital databases decades ago. The first digital versions were often installed on LAN servers in the library. #Libraries #TechHistory

A blog post on student autonomy now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2023/07/31/on-student-autonomy/
#teaching #education #students

For students to have autonomy, they need both permission from teachers to make decisions and the capacity to accomplish what they want. Teachers build capacity and give students space to apply learning. #BuildingCapacity #EmpowerStudents

Recognize that teaching "the standards" can sometimes feel like teaching artificial limits. Educators must use care in setting the bounds of knowledge, balancing standards with potential restrictions on students. #EducationalStandards #CriticalThinking

While productive struggle is good, too much can lead to frustration which inhibits learning. Teachers need to observe, teach strategies for overcoming frustration, and intervene when necessary. #LearningStrategies #TeacherRole

Teachers must control curriculum when necessary to prevent accepting unscientific ideas in science class, like astrology. This ensures students interpret findings in terms of scientific theory.

Classrooms need a balance. Complete student control can lead to chaos, while complete teacher control can be stifling. The goal is finding the sweet spot where learning is nurtured. #Teaching #Learning #ClassroomManagement

Thinking about student autonomy in the classroom? It's not all or nothing! There's a continuum of student voice and choice, ranging from complete teacher control to complete student control. #Education #StudentVoice #StudentAutonomy